Clip for eyeglass cases and the like



W. B. EVANS. CLIP FOR EYEGLASS-CASES AND THE LIKE.-

' APPLICATION HLED 00119, 1920.

Patented Mar 14, 1922.

PATENT OFFICE.

"WILLIAM B. EVANS, OF UVALDE, TEXAS,

CLIP FOR EYEGLASS CASES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Application filed Octdber 19, 1920. Serial No. 417,921.

I '0 tr whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. EVANS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at.

Uvalde, in the county of Uvalde and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Clip for Eyeglass Cases and the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and relatively inexpensive clip designed to engage the edge of a pocket or like portion of clothing to retain an eyeglass or spectacle case or similar receptacle in the pocket, to guard against displacement, dropping and loss thereof, the advantages of the clip being of particular bearing in connection with those cases or receptacles which are of polished metal and like material such as aluminum, silver and the like which, by reason of their polished surfaces slide readily in the pocket and are liable to be displaced; and with these objects in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the drawing, where Figure 1 is a view of a clip embodying the invention applied in the operative position to an eyeglass or spectacle case, the rear side of the latter being shown.

Figure 2 is a similar view looking at the front or open side'of the case, the latter being shown with the lid or cover thrown back to expose the interior.

Figure 3 is an edge view of the clip showin g the case in section to indicate the bearing of the retaining tongue of the clip against the rear surface of the case.

Figure 1 is a detail plan view of the clip detached, showing in full lines the normal position of the arms in which they are held by their resilient or spring tendency and showing in dotted lines the position of said arms when engaged with the case, the latter being indicated in dotted lines in relation thereto.

The clip consists of a wire blank doubled or folded upon itself at the center or approximately the center to form a looped retaining finger 10 and the arms 11 which are adapted to extend into and engage the spec tacle Or eye-glass case 12 or any like receptacle or holder, the wire being of spring or resilient quality to the end that the retaining finger has a spring tendency toward the plane of the arms 11 while the arms have a spring tendency away from each other as indicated by the full and dotted lines in Figure 41 to the end that they must be forced toward each other terminally to pass into the case and then exert an outward pressure against the side walls of the case to lock the clip in position thereon, outward or forward displacement of the extremities of the arms being prevented obviously by the bearing of the retaining finger against the rear surface or wall of the case as will be obvious by referring to Figure 3.

The sides of the retaining finger are preferably deflected toward points of junction with the arms 11 and interposed between the sides of the looped finger and the arm are the forwardly extending loops 13 turned outwardly or from each other to form off-sets or shoulders 14 which lie substantially in the plane of the upper or open side of the case as a means of insuring the proper positioning of the retaining finger and the holding arms in their proper relations respectively to the interior and exterior surfaces of the case. 4

Obviously the clip constructed as described can be applied successively to diflt'erent cases or holders so that it may be transferred from an old case to a new one or from one case to another as a-necessity for carrying the same respectively in the pocket may require. The construction and arrangement of the elements of the clip are such as not to interfere with the closing of the cover or lid of the case to properly protect the glasses, and the arrangement of the holding arms 11 in the angles of the case avoids such contact with the glasses as might tend to injure the same.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A clip of the class described having retaining arms, an attaching finger having portions extending beyond the arms, and said portions being wider apart at their outer ends and at the arms.

2. A clip of the class described having retaining arms, portions extending inwardly from the arms, loops extending from said forming spaced arms, inwardly extending portions, loops extending from and transversely of the portions, an attaching finger 10 extending from the loops, said finger having 7 side portions, and said side portions and loops diverging relative to the innerend. of

the finger beyond said portions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence o'f'two Witnesses.

WILLIAM B. EVANS.

l/Vitnesses A. B. HOBY, R B TREADWELL. 

